Humphry Marshall (1722-1801)

Humphry Marshall (1722-1801) is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Chester County, dedicated 2014.

1407 W Strasburg Rd., West Chester

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One of the first nurserymen in the nation and the author of the first book on North American trees and shrubs, Arbustum Americanum: The American Grove, Marshall is known as the Father of American Dendrology. He regularly supplied native American plants to prominent Europeans eager to learn about species new to them. His plants graced the gardens of England's King George III and King Louis XVI of France. He built and lived in this house.

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1795 · Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1796 · Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1814 · Delaware. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1901 · West Chester, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1943 · West Chester, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1943, covering the location of Humphry Marshall (1722-1801), with a pin at the marker's coordinates — West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1943, covering this location. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Humphry Marshall House260 ft
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